Coin delivery chute



May 26, 1959 A. R. BU CHHQLZ 2,888,124

COIN DELIVERY CHUTE Filed June 20, 1955 2 Sheets-Sheet A. R. BUCHHOLZ- 2,888,124

COIN DELIVERY CHUTE 'May 26, 1959 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed June 20, 1955 United States Patent Ofiiee 2,888,124 Patented May 26, 1959 2,888,124 7 COIN DELIVERY CHUTE Arnold R. Buchholz, Watertown, Wis., assiguor to Brandt Automatic Cashier Company, Watertown, Wis., a corporation of Wisconsin Application June 20, 1955, Serial No. 516,718

4 Claims. (Cl. 193-31) The invention relates to coin delivery chutes.

The main object of the invention is to provide a delivery chute having multiple delivery outlets of the type in which the coins may be delivered to a cup for removal by the Customer or into the hand of the operator. A coin chute of this general character is shown in my prior U.S. Patent No. 2,311,732, of February 23, 1943, but the coin chute of the present invention is of simpler form and has advantages hereinafter pointed out but one of which is the cooperative association of what may be termed the operators delivery chute section with the flexible connecting means of my prior US. Patent No. 2,163,082, of June 20, 1939.

The invention further consists in the several features hereinafter described and more particularly defined by claims at the conclusion hereof.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a plan view of a delivery chute structure embodying the invention;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged front elevation View taken along the line 2--'2 of Fig. 1, parts being broken away;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged plan view of parts shown in Fig. 1 and the connecting means;

Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view taken on the broken line 44 of Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is a detailed vertical sectional view taken on the line 55 of Fig. 4.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 6 designates an apertured mounting plate for attachment to any suitable coin dispensing machine at its delivery opening, said plate carrying an angled bracket 7 at its lower end provided with an axial hole 8 and having a series of serrations 9 extending radially from said hole.

An outer chute section 10 is formed by side plates 11 secured to a bottom member 12 which has a rearwardly extending extension 13 that has a mounting end 14 from which this section is downwardly inclined and which has a hole 15 and radially disposed serrations 16 on its lower face engageable with the serrations 9.

A lock and pivot pin 17 has its threaded shank mounted in the alined holes 8 and 15 with the shoulder 19 of its flanged head 20 engaging the top of the end 14 and a nut 21 on its shank engaging the bottom of the bracket 7 to clamp or lock the chute member 10 against angular movement after it has been set to the desired angular position relative to the delivery outlet of the machine and the serrations 16 and 9 brought into engagement with each other.

The outer end of the chute section 10 has openings 22 therein for receiving screws 23 that pass through the side walls 24 of a delivery cup or receptacle structure 25 of known form.

The inner or operators chute section 10a is formed by a member having side walls 26 and a bottom portion 27 having an angle chute portion 28 formed therein with a head end portion 29 provided with a counter bore 29a to receive the flanged head 20 of the pin 17. The bottom of the head end portion 29 abuts a metal washer 30 interposed between it and the top of the end 14 and is free to swing about the pin 1'7 as a pivot. This chute section also includes a pair of spring steel strips 31 that form the side walls of the chute being respectively connected at their front ends by screw bolts 32 to the respective side wall 26 and extending through the opening 33 in the mounting plate 6 and into the machine itself so as to form a connecting means between this section and a chute in the machine whose side walls and bottom are shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3 and indicated respectively by the numerals 34 and 35.

It will be noted from Figs. 1 and 3 that when the chute structure is in an operative position, the strips 31 are biased or flexed intermediate their ends so that they will exert a tension on their forward ends upon the inner chute section tending to swing it counterclockwise to the dotted position shown in Figs. 1 or 3. Normally this tendency is checked by a latch means that holds this inner chute section in line with the outer chute section.

The latch means comprises a latch member 36 of channel form pivotally mounted intermediate its ends on the extended ends of a pivot bolt 37 mounted in the bottom portion 27 of the outer chute and nomally urged by a spring 38 to its latched position from which it may be released by an angled handle 39 secured to one of its sides or by pressing upwardly on its spring contacted end. In its latched position as indicated in Fig. 5 the sides of the channel 36 extend far enough up to abut or overlap the lower portions of the side walls 26. When the handle 39 is depressed, the overlapping parts. of the channel 36 are swung downwardly clear of the Walls 26 of the inner chute so that the tensioned strips 31 may swing this inner chute section about the pivot pin 17 to a position at one side of the outer chute section so as to deliver coins from the machine into the operators hand or an envelope disposed below the outer end of this inner chute section to receive them. This feature is useful where the customer for some reason is not able to take the coins from the cup or the operator has to supply change for payroll envelopes.

It is to be noted that the spring or resilient metal strips 31 automatically accommodate themselves to any change in angular disposition of the chute as a whole as it is angularly adjusted relative to its hinge or pivot pin 17 and that they furnish the motive power for swinging the operators chute section into operative position on the release of the latch 36. The latch 36 also acts as a means to normally hold the inner chute section in line with the outer chute section so that it is angularly adjustable therewith.

I desire it to be understood that this invention is not to be limited to any particular form or arrangement of parts except in so far as such limitations are included in the claims.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. A chute for coin delivery machines comprising, in combination, an outer chute section, an inner chute section, means for mounting said outer chute section adjacent the delivery opening of the coin delivery machine for angular adjustment relative thereto in a horizontal plane, means for pivotally mounting the inner chute section adjacent the delivery opening of the coin delivery machine so that it may be swung laterally out of register with the outer chute section for delivery of coins to the operator, means normally holding said inner chute section alined with said outer chute section, and spring means for swinging said inner chute section laterally of said outer chute section on the release of said holding means.

2. A chute for a coin delivery machine having a delivery opening comprising, in combination, an outer chute section and an inner chute section alinable with each other for delivery of coins, a common pivotal mounting adjacent the delivery opening of the coin delivery machine ifor both sections, means for locking said outer chute section to its mounting in the desired position of angular adjustment in a horizontal plane while leaving said inner chute section free to swing about said mounting laterally of said outer chute section, means normally holding said inner chute section against swinging movement relative to said outer chute section, and means for swinging said inner chute section laterally of said outer chute section on the release of said holding means.

3. A chute for a coin delivery machine having a delivery opening comprising, in combination, an outer chute section and an inner chute section both movable relative to the machine for the desired angular adjustment, means for holding said inner chute section alined with said outer chute section, said inner chute section having side walls including resilient metal strips extending into the delivery opening of the coin delivery machine and normally tensioned to swing said inner chute section laterally relative to said outer chute section when the same is released from said holding means.

4. A chute for a coin delivery machine having a delivery opening comprising, in combination, an outer chute and an inner chute section, means for pivotally mounting said outer chute section adjacent said opening for settable angular adjustment laterally of said opening, means for mounting said inner chute for pivoting relative to said outer chute section, said inner chute section having side walls including resilient metal strips extending into said delivery opening and normally tensioned by the angular relation of said chutes relative to said opening to cause said inner chute to swing laterally away from said outer chute section, and releaseable latching means on said outer chute section engageable with said inner chute section to hold said inner chute section alined with said outer chute section.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 440,696 Daniels Nov. 18, 1890 884,660 Hoover Apr. 14, 1908 1,420,936 Morter June 27, 1922 1,885,582 Brandt Nov. 1, 1932 2,311,732 Buchholz et a1. Feb. 23, 1943 2,656,999 Ullberg Oct. 27, 1953 FOREIGN PATENTS 729,387 Germany Dec. 15, 1942 

